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Obama’s Budget Proposes To Increase Federal Lands Grazing Fee

According to the Public Lands Council (PLC) and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), President Barack Obama’s proposed budget includes elements such as an effective increase in the public lands grazing fee assessment, which would force family-owned ranches to shell out more cash to Uncle Sam.

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  • Feb. 16, 2012
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    How About Just Leaving Livestock Alone? 1

    As discussions about the next farm bill begin to get earnest, it’s widely accepted that subsidies will be dramatically reduced, especially direct payments to farmers. Meanwhile, most everyone still believes that there must be a safety net, and that food production remains a national security issue....More
  • Feb. 16, 2012
    Article

    Funding Cut For Plum Island Lab Move To Kansas 1

    Kansas officials were stunned and upset to learn that President Barack Obama recommended no additional funding for construction of a new biosecurity lab to replace the one at Plum Island, jeopardizing a high-visibility project that the state had seen as a powerful engine of economic growth....More
  • Feb. 15, 2012
    Article

    COOL's Fate Hangs In The Balance 3

    The U.S. stands at a pivotal point in its trading relations with its neighbors to the north and south, and decisions made in Washington in the next month will be key in the future of that relationship....More
  • Feb. 15, 2012
    Article

    Obama Reiterates Call For Farm Subsidy Cuts 2

    President Barack Obama proposed slashing subsidies to the booming agriculture sector by $32 billion over the next decade, just as Congress begins the lengthy process of overhauling the expiring U.S. farm law....More
  • Feb. 14, 2012
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    Proposed Obama Budget Is Bad For Farm Families

    President Barack Obama on Monday, Feb. 13, proposed a multi-trillion-dollar budget. The president said the budget is designed to spur job creation and impose higher taxes on the rich. However, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President J.D. Alexander, a farmer-feeder from Pilger, NE, says the president’s take on the estate tax threatens job creation and punishes the producers of food and fiber....More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
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    Kansas Plan To Allow Illegal Immigrants To Stay, Work

    A coalition of business groups will propose Kansas start a new program to help some illegal immigrants remain in the state so they can hold down jobs in agriculture and other industries with labor shortages, coalition representatives disclosed....More
  • Feb. 1, 2012
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    U.S. Agriculture Groups Want To Resolve COOL Dispute

    Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) President Travis Toews attended the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting earlier this month where he had several opportunities to update AFBF delegates on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel report on U.S. country-of-origin-labeling law (COOL)....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
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    First Lady Obama, USDA Secretary Vilsack Do Lunch

    It was just over a year ago that President Obama signed into lawThe Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This act adds $3.2 billion to the pot (originally estimated at $4.5 billion) and reauthorized child nutrition programs for five years....More
  • Jan. 27, 2012
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    Butler Resigns, Finalizing GIPSA Rule’s Demise 6

    Last week’s announcement that Dudley Butler was leaving USDA was taken by both sides of the GIPSA debate as a watershed event. Essentially, it put an end to USDA’s attempts to radically transform the livestock industry....More
  • Jan. 26, 2012
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    Cephalosporins Aren’t Withdrawn From The Market

    FDA’s Center forVeterinary Medicine (CVM) released a final rule in early January prohibiting some extralabel uses of cephalosporins in food animals. Let’s discuss which antibiotics are included in this group, the rationale, and changes coming down the road. But, first of all, it’s important to understand that the cephalosporins aren’t being withdrawn from the market. You’ll still be able to use ceftiofur products according to label directions when the drug is prescribed by a veterinarian for this use....More
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